Search results

Beats me. The Bludworth container has no ingredient list (likely proprietary).

Shades of bygone Maxwell St. days 😁. I bought a few great cheap guitars back then.

Typically, I just use the spray cleaner sold by the polish machine retailer. Rarely, when balls pickup black marks, I’ll use a popular ball cleaning cream, but some residue from that remains in the machine felt and seems to have a lasting effect. Polishing these days is seldom anyway since my...

It may have something to do with my playing 14.1 exclusively. The corner shots are starting to bobble, but the rails don’t get much wear. Polished balls seem to spread the pack better, and cut at the correct angle without using any outside. I assumed banks were supposed to follow a geometric...

Go figure. My new Artemus cushions with 760 still bank progressively overlong as the angle widens, after nearly 5 years of use, and polished CB with inside english typically refuses to come off short. I wonder if there is a practical way to speed up wear on the rail cloth (?).

First time I ever saw the balls racked with the center one missing. Is there any legitimate game where that is the rule? If you WERE actually playing rotation for more than 120 points, how should it go?

Also, (IMHO), the all too common double-elimination 8 ball tournament (replacing ‘action’) hasn’t helped. Coin toss/break & run play can be discouraging, and is not the way to determine the better player. Mosconi stayed the champion so long by winning grueling round-robin 14.1 matches.

I agree. Back when poolrooms were more common, so was action. And thus, honorable (non-hustling) amateurs could often threaten the pros.

P.S. In retrospect, had I been more intuitive in those days, I should probably have offered to buy the ball machine myself, as he was likely having financial difficulty getting the new restaurant/club business off the ground. It was only because I was so taken aback, and couldn’t perceive the...

I have recurring dreams about stumbling across a local poolroom with quality pro equipment that is still open. It usually involves my entry into a strange/unrelated building, and then I hear the unmistakable sound of clicking billiard balls in an adjoining room 😁.

Yes, but I did have a falling out with Jim back in the 90s. After traveling regularly a very long distance as a personal favor to him (filling out his handicapped 14.1 tournament roll), he suddenly demanded I pay him a large membership fee. I said I would (even though I would never likely drive...

Back in the day, no proper room operator would let the worst players hog the best tables. You might recall, at ‘Ames’, the table Gleason & Newman initially played on had been kept covered.

Agreed. BUT, when not frozen, jack-up rule sure would eliminate a lot of controversy/contention amongst the bangers. Actual cue angle not really as important as demonstrating you are aware of a delicate issue. Experienced/pro players should be educated enough to deal with the classic rules though.

I’d be more interested in the bank/combo he made early in the first match. Strictly a showy trick shot no straight pool player would ever consider trying in a real game. I have to wonder how many takes it took, as it was one of the few that wasn’t actually made by Mosconi. I’ll bet they had to...

Watching Ruslan win the 14.1 championship a few yrs. back, playing all shots with an extension attached, demonstrates that very tall players may well benefit. BUT, I just don’t get why anyone short would reach so far and shoot with a ridiculously long/unstable bridge, when a rake is handy. I...

Probably. We tend to see things from our own perspective. But, pool was in the doldrums until that movie kickstarted a resurgence. Reviving an industry would seem a mark of significance.

Though initially intended to appeal to a ‘drama’ audience, I’ll bet a viewer poll today would prove that over the years, the majority were pool enthusiasts.

It’s too bad the 3-cusion scenes weren’t more extensive. Interplay between a wealthy amateur (on his own equipment), and a determined ‘killer instinct’ scuffler with limited carom experience (larger balls, likely ivory) makes for a very interesting interplay (though mostly to enthusiasts).

I think in the 30s, you could likely buy two nice older houses in a small midwest town for $9500, or maybe build a new ranch-style home with basement on a multi-acre suburban lot (?). A pack of cigarettes that sells for > $10 today, probably cost less than 10 cents back then. Though sin taxes...

Balls hit pretty firm down the rail tend to bobble in the pocket. Coming off the cushion at just the right angle sure seems a riskier endeavor if those two loose balls WERE there (easy break shot plus insurance). No doubt ‘I’ would end up stuck also (as usual), since precise angle off the rail...